Article 2 of 13 in the series Song of Solomon
Part 1: The Bride Selected from Natural Israel (1:2 – 5:1)
First Song (1:2 – 1:8)
The Bride’s Ardent Love and Becoming Humility
| Voice | Narrative |
|---|---|
| Bride | 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. |
| Male companions | 1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. |
| Bride | 1:4 Draw me, |
| Female companions | 1:4 We will run after thee: |
| Bride | 1:4 The king hath brought me into his chambers: |
| Female companions | 1:4 We will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee |
| Bride | 1:5 I am black, |
| Female companions | 1:5 But comely, |
| Bride | 1:5 O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, |
| Female companions | 1:5 As the curtains of Solomon. |
| Bride | 1:6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy ock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the ocks of thy companions? |
| Male companions | 1:8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents. |
The first song finds the bride in prospect soliloquising about her ardent love for her groom. She is in the king�…
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